International
| British farmers could lose their valuable trade agreements with Europe

by Mindy Belz Posted 3/13/19, 03:55 pm

BRITAIN: Following Tuesday’s defeat in Parliament of Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to exit the European Union, on an unequivocal 391-242 vote, lawmakers voted Wednesday not to leave the EU without a formal agreement and will vote Thursday on whether to seek a delay, meaning a no-deal Brexit remains a distinct possibility.

by Mickey McLean & Onize Ohikere Posted 3/13/19, 10:43 am

UPDATE: British lawmakers will decide Wednesday whether to leave the European Union without an agreement after Parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan on Tuesday. Parliament is expected to vote against a “no-deal Brexit” and then ask the EU for an extension to the separation deadline, which is set for March 29. All 27 other EU members must agree to the delay. A spokesman for European Council President Donald Tusk said Britain must present “credible justification” for putting off its exit. U.K.

by Onize Ohikere Posted 2/25/19, 12:32 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday postponed the parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal until March 12, days before her country’s scheduled exit from the European Union. May said her staff would continue negotiations with EU leaders after they returned from the EU-Arab League Summit in Egypt. She met on Monday at the summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. “It’s still within our grasp to leave the EU by the 29th of March, and that is what we are planning to do,” she said.

Onize Ohikere | 2/15/19, 10:34 am

British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered defeat in a symbolic Thursday evening vote on her Brexit deal in the House of Commons. She received 258 votes to 303 after hardline Brexit supporters in her Conservative Party abstained. Two weeks ago, members of Parliament voted to back May’s separation deal with the European Union if she could renegotiate changes to how the plan handles Irish border controls before the Thursday vote. So far, that hasn’t happened. Parliament will hold a binding vote on the deal on Feb. 27.

Onize Ohikere | 2/12/19, 12:05 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday asked lawmakers for more time to renegotiate the Brexit agreement with the European Union as a Thursday vote looms. May told the House of Commons she is still working to reach a deal with the EU that lawmakers will support. Parliament will get another chance to vote on May’s proposal on Feb. 27 if she does not clinch the amendments by this week’s vote. “The talks are at a crucial stage,” May said. “We now all need to hold our nerve to get the changes this House requires and deliver Brexit on time.”

International
| Aid group calls for accountability in the U.K.’s granting of asylum

Mindy Belz | 1/23/19, 03:09 pm

International
| Will the nation’s separation from the EU become ‘Brextinct’ or a ‘hard Brexit’?

Mindy Belz | 1/16/19, 11:51 am

BRITAIN: A debate is underway in Parliament ahead of a no-confidence vote for Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, after the House of Commons voted Tuesday to reject the plan for the country’s exit from the European Union.

International
| The president declares ‘victory’ with plans to withdraw U.S. troops

Mindy Belz | 12/19/18, 02:13 pm

SYRIA: A Wednesday morning tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump declaring “victory” over ISIS in Syria once again has thrown into question U.S. policy. Because ISIS clearly is not defeated in Syria, the White House decision to withdraw 2,000 U.S.

International
| The president tweets and signs a new trade agreement with North American neighbors

Mindy Belz | 11/30/18, 03:32 pm

Onize Ohikere | 11/29/18, 10:51 am

Taliban extremists claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan’s capital Wednesday that killed at least six people at a British security firm. The incident in Kabul injured at least 32 others. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed truck into the gate of the G4S security compound, and several other armed militants then stormed inside. G4S, one of several foreign security contractors in the country, provides guards for the area around the British Embassy in Kabul.